TQAryan CultureThe Indian Historical QuarterlyVol. 3 · No. 2OpenThe Indian Historical QuarterlyOrigins of Hindu IconismBy S. V. VenkateswaraThis study investigates how image‑worship became central to Hinduism. It opens by noting that early Indo‑Aryan religion, like other Indo‑European traditions, conceived of the divine in abstract or…June - 1927Vol. 3 · No. 2pp. 298–306Vedic Text EvidenceOrigins Hindu IconismVedic Anthropomorphic Evolution+2